Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)

We tried watching the new Netflix show “The Fall of the House of Usher” last night. We got through 30 minutes of the first episode, and then we shut it off. What inspired me to even try viewing it was an outdoor scene from the beginning which clearly showed me it was filmed in Vancouver (as there is no mistaking the Scotiabank Tower in the background). But I don’t like horror stories.

Part way through the preview video (see link, above) is a quote from The Raven: “Nevermore.” That combination is behind the reason for this post.

Meet Edgar Allan Poe

All the astrology sites list this birth chart as “rectified from approximate time”. Really? Born in the midnight hour is one thing, born one hour later is another. I suspect the Moon/Venus/Pluto conjunction, all being inconjunct to the Midheaven, is the real reason for the timing. They become suspect, unless the purpose was to demonstrate his love for his cousin, whom he married when she was just 13. Still, the only inconjunct I trust is the one connecting Mars and Jupiter.

Mars Inconjunct Jupiter

You have a great need for personal freedom. But while you are young, you may not be very responsible about the way you use your freedom. You may take too many liberties or even interfere with other people’s freedom. Here again the problem is rashness and lack of self-control.

Hmm.

The Raven (published January 29, 1845)

We all have a passing knowledge of this poem. What I am going to do is look at the publication chart.

This time is set for when the Evening Mirror newspaper went on sale that day. Logic says the timing should probably be 5 pm, but I’m sticking with my first instinct. What it implies is that the inconjunct linking the Moon and the Ascendant may be illusory, a bit like the subject of the poem itself.

Moon Inconjunct Ascendant

You tend to put your own emotional needs and wants second to whatever you feel has to be done. In other words, you are likely to be more disciplined emotionally than most people your age. But this is not good if you feel that your emotionally needs are not important. Your needs must be fulfilled as much as anyone else’s, particularly because your feelings are really very powerful within yourself.

Comparing Poe to His Poem

Interesting, isn’t it? The loss of his father at age 1 may have been the inspiration for this poem (Poe’s Saturn conjunct the Raven’s North Node). He may have been trying to work through the mystery (natal Neptune) by the act publishing the poem (event Mars). But one thing is clear, this poem made him famous, and that fame has stayed constant for almost 160 years.

But One Other Quote Demonstrates How He Really Viewed This Reality:

Amen.